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Civil Protection and Civil Defence are the central pillar against natural disasters, catastrophes and emergencies. Volunteers and professionals involved in the resiliency systems need the information to perform better in big emergencies.
Pakistan, rescue operations underway due to deadly blizzard
Rescue teams in Pakistan are working to clear roads to a shuttered hill town that hosts thousands of tourists, after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snowfall
Italy, Ravanusa tragedy: the bodies of four more victims extracted from the rubble
Italy, tragedy in Ravanusa: the toll of the explosion in the four-storey building in the town in the province of Agrigento worsens: the number of dead is seven. Two people are still missing
Civil protection, the international drill "Eu Lusitania VREX 2021″ concluded
"Eu Lusitania VREX 2021″: an international exercise against forest fires, organised within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, has ended in Sintra, Portugal, with the participation of firefighting teams from Italy,…
Mozambique, UN project to use drones for post-disaster search and rescue
Mozambique, drones in post-disaster search and rescue:the project developed an app for faster interpretation of drone images, enabling more effective locating of people in need of post-disaster assistance
COP26, UN: "Extreme weather events are the new normal. Record greenhouse gas emissions"
At Cop26 in Glasgow, the World Meteorological Organisation's State of the Global Climate 2021 report was presented
COP26: Red Cross to make strong appeal on climate change in Glasgow
During COP26 in Glasgow, Francesco Rocca, President of the Italian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), will call on world leaders to "act quickly because it is not too late: the…
Climate change, International Red Cross report on the impact on people
Climate change: Red Cross Red Crescent report reveals extent of the impact on people forced to flee their homes by floods, fires and drought around the world
The body of the woman missing in the area of Catania has been found, the third victim of the bad…
Woman missing in the Catanese area: the body of Angela Caniglia, the 61-year-old woman who disappeared during the violent cloudburst four days ago in Scordia (Catania), has been found
Civil Protection, which vehicles to prepare for hydro-geological emergencies?
In the event of a flood, it is necessary for the Civil Protection association to have a certain number of vehicles for this service, with specific equipment. Here is a "home-made" example after the flood experience in Parma
International exercise SIQUAKE2020: Civil Protection of Slovenia, Germany and Italy in common drill
The Civil Protection exercise SIQUAKE is back in Slovenia: the Slovenian organisers, as the name of the initiative suggests, refine the techniques of response in a very specific maxi emergency, the earthquake